Swinging guide for windmill-pump rods.



No. 742,911 PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

G. SCHNEIDER. SWINGING GUIDE FOR WINDMILL PUMP RODS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 29, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

w llforr e ys UNITED STATES l atented November 3, 1903.

PAT NT, OFFICE.

GOT'ILIEB SCHNEIDER, OF BLUFFTOIT, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE RED CROSSMFG. CO., OF BLUFFTON,-INDIANA.

SWINGING GUIDE FOR WlNDMlLL-PUMP RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 742,911, datedNovember 1903.. Application filed June 29, 1903. Serial No. 163,603- (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GOTTLIEB SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bluffton, in the county of WVells and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Swinging Guide for \Vindmill Pump-Rods, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to guides for windmill pump-rods, and has for itsobjects to produce adevice of this character of simple constructionwhich will be efiicient in operation and one which will move with thepumprod, at the same time relieving the rod of the vibratory jerkingmotions with which it is usually attended.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel details of constructionand combination of partsmore fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top sectional plan of aportion of a windmill-tower having my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 isa perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the device. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 1 indicate the upright standards of awindmill-tower, and 2 a horizontal brace-bar or girder extending betweenand bolted at its ends to a pair of the standards 1 as usual. Theseparts may be of any suitable or desired construction and material,inasmuch as they constitute no part of my invention.

3 is a block or member in the form of a casting having in its lower facea transverselydisposed recess 4, which receives the face of the girder2, and in rear of the recess a horizontal perforated ear 5,while inadvance of the recess there are a pair of spaced verticallydisposed lugsor cars 6, which carry an i11- tegral bolt or pintle 7, which ispreferably cast'in the ears during the process of casting the latter.The body of the casting is provided centrally of the space between theears 6 with an opening 8, as shown, which is disposed in alinement withthe openings 9 in ear 5, said openings being designed to. receive theends of a clip-bolt 10, which embraces the girder 2 and has nuts appliedto its ends above the casting, whereby the casting is securely attachedto the girder.

11 is an arm pivoted upon the pintle 7 and consisting of a pair of sidemembers 12, which are spaced at the pivotal end of the arm to lie oneupon the outer face of each lug 6 and converge thence to a point ofmeeting adjacent to their outer ends, which latter are oppositely bentto form an open head 13, which embraces the pump-rod 14, a pivoting-bolt15 being extended through the head and rod. The side members of the armare at their point of meeting in rear of the head 13 united by rivets orotherwise.

In practice as the rod 1a is reciprocated Vertically through the actionof the windwheel mechanism the arm 11 will swing or play up and down onits pivot in a vertical plane, following the movement of the pump-- rod,at the same time serving to guide the latter and relieve it of thevibratory and jerky motions usually attendant upon windwheel pump-rodswhen unguided.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a device of simpleconstruction which will be efficient in operation and one which may bereadily and inexpensively applied for use. In attaining these ends I donot confine myself to the precise details herein set forth, inasmuch asminor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. The combinationwith a frame and pumprod, of a casting attached to the frame, and an armpivoted to the casting and pump-rod and comprising a pair of membersspaced at their pivotal end and converging toward their outer end, theouter ends of the members being oppositely bent to form an open head forthe reception of the pump-rod.

2. The combinationwith a frame and pump rod, of a casting attached to amember of the frame and having a recess to receive the lat ter, aclip-bolt extending through the casting and embracing the frame member,and an arm pivoted to the casting and to the pump-rod their pivotal endto receive the casting bethe presence of twowitnesses.

and comprising a, pair of members spaced at I my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in tween them and convergmg toward then outerGOTTLIEB SCHNEIDER end, the outer ends of the members being 0p- 5positely bent to form an open head for the re- \Vitnesses:

ception of the pump-rod. JOSEPH S. DAILEY, In testimony that I claim theforegoing as FRANK C. DAILEY.

